CFP: Histories of African Sexualities

How do sex and sexuality play a role in African histories? In what ways is sexuality a significant organizing principle in the study of African societies? What does sexuality mean in African cultures across time and space?

Notches: (re)marks on the history of sexuality invites submissions on histories of sexualities in Africa. We welcome blog posts (1000-1200 words); interviews with scholars, archivists, and activists; as well as submissions to our “Archives of Desire” series in which historians reflect on specific primary sources and their value in researching or teaching histories of sexuality.

Submissions should be written for a non-specialist and international audience. Therefore, avoid jargon and use hyperlinks – not footnotes – to clarify terms or concepts that may be unfamiliar to a general readership.

Include at least one relevant image for which you have obtained permission and caption your image with clear attribution information. We welcome your use of a range of sources such as movies or sound files.

Include a short hyperlinked author bio and photo with your submission.

For more information see www.notchesblog.com/write-for-notches

Send submissions, to Dr. Sarah E. Watkins (sarah.e.watkins@gmail.com). Submissions from outside North America are especially welcome. All submissions to Notches will undergo an internal peer- review process. Proposals and queries are most welcome.

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NOTCHES is a peer-reviewed, collaborative and international history of sexuality blog that aims to get people inside and outside the academy thinking about sexuality in the past and in the present. We engage with histories of sex and sexuality across all regions, periods, and themes. NOTCHES is likewise strengthened by the diversity of our contributors, who come from a range of professional and personal backgrounds.